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To ?   30 June [1875–81]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

June 30th

Dear Sir

I have not heard of the essay to which you refer, & if you have a spare copy (& if it is small), I shd like to see it.2 But whatever its nature may be, I shall not answer it, as doing so wastes much time.—

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
The year range is established by the headed notepaper, which is of a sort that CD used from November 1874 until his death in April 1882.
2
The recipient and the essay have not been identified.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10552,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10552